Australia

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| name = Australia<br>オーストラリア
| continent = OCEANIA
| image = AltAustralia-cropped.jpg
| country = [[File:AustraliaFlag.png]] [[wikipedia:Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]]
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| gender = Male
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| hair = Brown
| eyes = Pale Green
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| volume = [[Volume 3]] (world map)<br>[[Volume 4]] (profiled)<br>[[Volume 5]] (debut)
| strip = ''Christmas 2010''
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'''Australia''' (オーストラリア, ''Ōsutoraria'') is a supporting character in the series '''Hetalia: Axis Powers'''.

==Attributes==
[[File:AustraliaChibiBW.jpg|thumb|150px|left|A 'chibi' version of Australia. Shown in Hidekaz Himaruya's blog.]]
===Appearance===
He has thick eyebrows resembling [[England]]'s, due to having been one of his colonies. In the sole official colored sketch, he appears with brown hair and green eyes.<ref name="ColorPic">{{Cite web|url=http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-759.html|last=Himaruya|first=Hidekaz|date=March 18, 2010|title=ファイナルマグロファンタジー|language = Japanese|accessdate=October 2, 2012}}</ref> He has two ahoge, rather than one, that change position depending on the angle, as well as an adhesive bandage across his nose. In most of his appearances, he appears to wear a khaki WWI-era [[wikipedia:Digger (soldier)|Australian Digger]]'s uniform with a necktie.

===Personality and Interests===
Wy has described Australia as acting as a big brother figure towards her. Volume 4 character notes describe him as being courageous regardless of the environment, and that his food is wild because of his wild personality. Australia states during the ''Christmas 2011'' event that he finds the idea of a cold Christmas surprising.

In nearly all of his appearances he is depicted with an evil-looking [[Creatures of Hetalia#Australia|koala]], though many have claimed it to be a drop bear.

During the segment ''How Each Nation Watches Movies'' (located at the end of '''Hetalia of the Dead''' in Volume 5), it is shown that Australia gets drunk at the movies. As well, he was pictured with a different koala. The koala appeared to be female as it had eyelashes, blush on its cheeks, and wore a small bow on the right side of its head. The koala was also smiling and in good spirits.<ref>{{cite book|last=Himaruya|first=Hidekaz|year=2012|title=Axis Powers ヘタリア 5|trans_title=Axis Powers Hetalia 5|publisher=Gentosha|page=14|isbn=978-4-344-82563-5}}</ref>

==Relationships==
===Wy===
''Main Article: [[Wy]]''

Australia is an older brother figure to Wy, and is implied to have recognized her as a country (as the Mayor of the surrounding township has as well). While they are on good terms, Wy is still frustrated that she hasn't been allowed to build her driveway. At the ''Halloween 2011'' site event, Australia is shown carrying a sleeping Wy on his back when the party is ending.

==Appearances==
===Manga===
Australia's first appearance in the published manga was in the volume 3 ''Hetalia'' World Map. He made subsequent appearances online in sketches, an omake profile, the ''Christmas 2010'' event, and the ''Halloween 2011'' event. During the ''Christmas 2010'' event, Australia checks himself for the mark indicating him to be the savior of the parallel nations' world and reports that he is lacking it. He, along with Tonga and New Zealand, dress as a sheep for America's Halloween party for the ''Halloween 2011'' event. Australia appears again during the ''Christmas 2011'' event having barbecue with New Zealand, Hutt River, and Wy at the beach.

==Trivia==
*For the Halloween 2011 event, Australia dressed as a sheep with the other Oceania nations New Zealand and Tonga.
*In a Comic Diary strip, [[Austria]] is seen complaining that he is often called "Australia" due to the similarities in their names in Japanese, English, and several other languages, and as a result has a hairstyle similar to Austria's (but with two ahoge instead of one).
*A more recent blog post of Himaruya's has revealed [[Human names#Australia|his potential names]] to be '''Ralph''', '''Christian''', '''Kyle''', and '''Jett'''.<ref name="HN">{{Cite web|url=http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-946.html|last=Himaruya|first=Hidekaz|date=November 26, 2010|title=「Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs」でのイギリスいじりは異常|language = Japanese|accessdate=February 8, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male Characters]]
[[Category:Manga Characters]]

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